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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed journal of epidemiology. The journal was originally established as the Journal of Chronic Diseases in 1955 as a follow-up to Harry S. Truman's 1951 Presidential Task Force on national health concerns and the subsequently written Magnuson Report.cite-ref-2[2]

Under the editorial leadership of Alvan Feinstein and Walter O. Spitzer, the title of the journal was changed to the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology with the January 1988 issue.cite-ref-3[3] The current editors are André Knottnerus (Netherlands School of Primary Care Research) and Peter Tugwell (University of Ottawa).cite-ref-4[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 Impact Factor of 6.437, ranking it 5th out of 108 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services".cite-ref-wos-5-0[5]

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References

cite-note-11. [1] Journal of Clinical Epidemiology at NLM Database
cite-note-22. citerefmooreseegal1955Moore, Joseph Earle; Seegal, David (1955). "Announcement: The journal of chronic diseases". Journal of Chronic Diseases. 1 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(55)90017-5. PMID 13233307.
cite-note-33. citereffeinsteinspitzer1988Feinstein, Alvan R; Spitzer, Walter O (1988). "The journal of clinical epidemiology: same wine, new label for the journal of chronic diseases". Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 41 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1016/0895-4356(88)90002-9. PMID 3275742.
cite-note-44. "Editorial Board: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology".
cite-note-wos-55. "Journal of Clinical Epidemiology". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.

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